14,000 young Americans visit China

WASHINGTON, Dec 08 (Xinhua): Over the past year, about 14,000 American youths have visited China for exchange and study since the announcement of China's pledge to invite 50,000 young Americans to visit in the next five years, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said here on Friday.

"In November last year, President Xi Jinping announced in San Francisco that China is ready to invite 50,000 young Americans to China on exchange and study programs in the next five years. To implement the initiative, China has set up a YES program -- the Young Envoys Scholarship. Over the past year, President Xi invited American youths to visit China on multiple occasions, which was warmly received here in the States," Xie said at an event promoting China-U.S. youth exchanges held at the Chinese embassy in the United States.